Organizational Behavior Analysis on Article
Individual assignment
Summary of article:
The article gathers opinions from 15 different entrepreneurs about how to make startup employees happy and motivated. The article suggests 15 ways to do so: 1. Trust the ability of the employee and give them autonomy to complete the task 2. Ask “how are you?” to let employees feel and know they are being heard 3. Giving memorable experience is way better than giving money as an incentive. 4. Flexible working schedule 5. Provide employees with opportunity to learn in order to let them know we care about their long-term success. 6. Let employees to work as a business partner and define their own roles 7. Make them feel they are valuable and is part of the bigger picture 8. A customized reward makes employees feel we actually care about what they like in exchange for a job well done 9. Make employees feel relaxed and ask for feedback 10. Weekly meeting to increase team transparency and collaboration 11. Let employees to choose their own project in order to identify hidden talents, create solution, discover unknown problem and improve employee moral. 12. Give promotion on job title or raise/bonus when employee do a good job 13. Offer employees incentive to learn and become a smarter and more productive worker. 14. Make them feel they are home 15. Be a role model for your employee
Analysis and validation:
I decided to test the validation of the article point by point. According to the McClelland’s Theory of Needs, human beings have nonhierarchical needs result in particular pattern of motivation. Need of power validate point 1 which the give of autonomy can motivate employees. Moreover, in the textbook, it mentioned alternative working schedule can lower absenteeism and turnover, because it makes employees happy by giving flexible working schedule, which validate point 4 in the article. The textbook also mentioned on enhancing goal commitment, and a learning
Summary of article:
The article gathers opinions from 15 different entrepreneurs about how to make startup employees happy and motivated. The article suggests 15 ways to do so: 1. Trust the ability of the employee and give them autonomy to complete the task 2. Ask “how are you?” to let employees feel and know they are being heard 3. Giving memorable experience is way better than giving money as an incentive. 4. Flexible working schedule 5. Provide employees with opportunity to learn in order to let them know we care about their long-term success. 6. Let employees to work as a business partner and define their own roles 7. Make them feel they are valuable and is part of the bigger picture 8. A customized reward makes employees feel we actually care about what they like in exchange for a job well done 9. Make employees feel relaxed and ask for feedback 10. Weekly meeting to increase team transparency and collaboration 11. Let employees to choose their own project in order to identify hidden talents, create solution, discover unknown problem and improve employee moral. 12. Give promotion on job title or raise/bonus when employee do a good job 13. Offer employees incentive to learn and become a smarter and more productive worker. 14. Make them feel they are home 15. Be a role model for your employee
Analysis and validation:
I decided to test the validation of the article point by point. According to the McClelland’s Theory of Needs, human beings have nonhierarchical needs result in particular pattern of motivation. Need of power validate point 1 which the give of autonomy can motivate employees. Moreover, in the textbook, it mentioned alternative working schedule can lower absenteeism and turnover, because it makes employees happy by giving flexible working schedule, which validate point 4 in the article. The textbook also mentioned on enhancing goal commitment, and a learning
References: Johns & Saks. (2011). Organizational Behavior: Understanding and Managing Life at Work. Pearson-Prentice Hall: Toronto. Sandra Graham & Bernard Weiner. (1996). Theories and Principles of Motivation. Prentice Hall The Young Entrepreneur Council Weiner, B. (1992). History of Motivation Research in education. Journal of Educational Psychology Fifteen ways to keep startup staff happy